Who still wears a suit to work?

[beargonefishing]

The classiest way to wear a fleece vest is to not wear it.

 

[Despos]

Two years from now; new thread

"Who still wears a fleece vest to work"

 

[dfagdfsh]

Two years from now; new thread

"Who still wears a fleece vest to work"

"Adventures in buying a fleece vest from Patagonia"

 

[beargonefishing]

Anyone that went to college south of the Mason-dixon line or grew up in an affluent southern neighborhood knows the fleece vest has been ubiquitous since the mid oughts.

 

[Despos]

New poll up

Outside of designated casual periods (e.g. casual Friday), my job requires a fleece vest?

 

[ValidusLA]

A bit old...but apparently Patagonia is sick of these damn bankers!

The 'Midtown Uniform' is now in peril as Patagonia isn't accepting new finance clients for its ubiquitous fleece vests

Patagonia, the US clothing company that has become synonymous with tech startups, is no longer accepting new clients in financial services.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[smittycl]

Picked up new summer suit in Minnis Fresco. Really like it. Will likely wear it tomorrow with the vest as it will be rainy all day and not too hot.

I love wearing CM to work.

 

[Despos]

Suit looks great Smittycl

 

[Kilo11]

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Picked up new summer suit in Minnis Fresco. Really like it. Will likely wear it tomorrow with the vest as it will be rainy all day and not too hot.

I love wearing CM to work.

Your suit fits too well for D.C. Swap it out for an ill-fitting black one and you'll be all set.

 

[vida]

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Picked up new summer suit in Minnis Fresco. Really like it. Will likely wear it tomorrow with the vest as it will be rainy all day and not too hot.

I love wearing CM to work.

Is this custom or OTR?

 

[joacimbylehn]

Great looking suit.

 

[bluesman528]

Look at the poll results of this very thread. Consider why this thread exists in the first place! It is no longer the norm to wear a suit in many workplaces.

The thread title and the poll asked the wrong question and the discussion took that up on the last few pages: Today there are very few jobs which require suit and tie and that definitely includes my and most other office job profiles at least for the last twenty years. The more relevant question is: Are you officially punished for wearing suit and tie at work? And for me and most other office workers the answer is: Nope.

Of course the traditional business dresscodes are slowly fading away. And now people react very differently to it: There are some who conjure up new dresscodes out of thin Patagonian air just to be able to conform further to something as part of an imagined group. Many wear sportcoat, chinos, jeans, swimshorts, whatever instead. And a few others like me still wear suit and tie and are fine with it. So there is more freedom and less conformity (at the surface) in the office. Sounds not too bad.

The bad part for some is that it becomes more and more difficult to show the world that you are an important master of the universe just because of the nice clothing you wear. But is that really that important? If yes the sad fact is though that the fleece vest will never have the traditional and social-historic foundation to be a proper replacement of the suit in that matter. I would rather say that that is generally a good development for the society.

 

[ballmouse]

I once worked a British colleague who wore suits. He was the type of guy that was not afraid of spending money. He was about the same age as our American team lead, maybe a little older (40s). He was told to lose the tie one morning. That felt depressing how he was told he was overdressed.

But the American got fired not too long after as one partner (very rightfully so) thought he was a pain **********.

 

[smittycl]

Is this custom or OTR?

MTM from fabric I sourced here on B&S.

 

[radicaldog]

it becomes more and more difficult to show the world that you are an important master of the universe just because of the nice clothing you wear.

Just remove the word 'nice' and you have the explanation for why people wear the midtown uniform. These benighted kids are proud to be bankers: